Multifunction giftbox book

ABSTRACT

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a multifunction giftbox book are presented. An inner box layer is sized to fit within an outer box layer. An inner box layer includes one or more depictions on an outer surface of the inner box layer. One or more openings in an outer box layer have positions in the outer box layer corresponding to positions of one or more depictions on an outer surface of an inner box layer so that the one or more depictions are at least selectively visible through the one or more openings.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication No. 62/813,043 entitled “MULTI-FUNCTION GIFT BOX BOOK” andfiled on Mar. 3, 2019 for Deanna Geier, which is incorporated herein byreference in its entirety for all purposes.

FIELD

This disclosure relates to giftboxes and more particularly relates to amultifunctional giftbox book.

BACKGROUND

Giftboxes, giftbags, wrapping paper, and the like are typically used forgiving a gift and either reused for a subsequent gift or discarded. Ineither case, the giftboxes, giftbags, or wrapping paper serve littlepurpose other than hiding an identity of the gift, and eventually end upas waste.

SUMMARY

Apparatuses are presented for a multifunction giftbox book. In oneembodiment, an inner box layer is sized to fit within an outer boxlayer. An inner box layer, in some embodiments, includes one or moredepictions on an outer surface of the inner box layer. One or moreopenings in an outer box layer, in certain embodiments, have positionsin the outer box layer corresponding to positions of one or moredepictions on an outer surface of an inner box layer so that the one ormore depictions are at least selectively visible through the one or moreopenings.

Other apparatuses are presented for a multifunction giftbox book. In oneembodiment, an apparatus includes means for disposing an inner box layerwithin an outer box layer. An apparatus, in some embodiments, includesmeans for selectively revealing one or more depictions on an outersurface of an inner box layer through one or more openings in an outerbox layer. In certain embodiments, one or more openings have positionsin an outer box layer corresponding to positions of one or moredepictions on an outer surface of an inner box layer.

Methods are presented for a multifunction giftbox book. In oneembodiment, a method includes forming an outer box layer. A method, in afurther embodiment, includes forming an inner box layer sized to fitwithin an outer box layer, where the inner box layer comprises one ormore depictions on an outer surface of the inner box layer. In someembodiments, a method includes forming one or more openings in an outerbox layer such that the one or more openings have positions in the outerbox layer corresponding to positions of one or more depictions on anouter surface of an inner box layer so that the one or more depictionsare at least selectively visible through the one or more openings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the advantages of the disclosure will be readilyunderstood, a more particular description of the disclosure brieflydescribed above will be rendered by reference to specific embodimentsthat are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that thesedrawings depict only typical embodiments of the disclosure and are nottherefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope, the disclosurewill be described and explained with additional specificity and detailthrough the use of the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a system for amultifunction giftbox book;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of a system for amultifunction giftbox book;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an outer box layer;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an inner box layer;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a certain embodiment of a system for amultifunction giftbox book;

FIG. 6 is a top view of one embodiment of an unfolded outer box layer;

FIG. 7 is a top view of one embodiment of an unfolded inner box layer;

and

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart diagram of one embodiment of a methodfor assembling a multifunction giftbox book.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “anembodiment,” or similar language means that a particular feature,structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodimentis included in at least one embodiment. Thus, appearances of the phrases“in one embodiment,” “in an embodiment,” and similar language throughoutthis specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the sameembodiment, but mean “one or more but not all embodiments” unlessexpressly specified otherwise. The terms “including,” “comprising,”“having,” and variations thereof mean “including but not limited to”unless expressly specified otherwise. An enumerated listing of itemsdoes not imply that any or all of the items are mutually exclusiveand/or mutually inclusive, unless expressly specified otherwise. Theterms “a,” “an,” and “the” also refer to “one or more” unless expresslyspecified otherwise.

Furthermore, the described features, advantages, and characteristics ofthe embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner. One skilled inthe relevant art will recognize that the embodiments may be practicedwithout one or more of the specific features or advantages of aparticular embodiment. In other instances, additional features andadvantages may be recognized in certain embodiments that may not bepresent in all embodiments.

These features and advantages of the embodiments will become more fullyapparent from the following description and appended claims, or may belearned by the practice of embodiments as set forth hereinafter. As willbe appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the presentdisclosure may be embodied as an apparatus, system, and/or method.Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics ofthe embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner. In the followingdescription, numerous specific details are provided, to provide athorough understanding of embodiments. One skilled in the relevant artwill recognize, however, that embodiments may be practiced without oneor more of the specific details, or with other methods, components,materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures,materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoidobscuring aspects of an embodiment.

Aspects of the embodiments are described below with reference toschematic flowchart diagrams and/or schematic block diagrams of methods,apparatuses, and systems according to embodiments of the disclosure. Theschematic flowchart diagrams and/or schematic block diagrams in theFigures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation ofpossible implementations of apparatuses, systems, and methods accordingto various embodiments of the present disclosure.

It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, thefunctions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in theFigures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, beexecuted substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes beexecuted in the reverse order, depending upon the functionalityinvolved. Other steps and methods may be conceived that are equivalentin function, logic, or effect to one or more blocks, or portionsthereof, of the illustrated Figures.

Although various arrow types and line types may be employed in theflowchart and/or block diagrams, they are understood not to limit thescope of the corresponding embodiments. Indeed, some arrows or otherconnectors may be used to indicate only the logical flow of the depictedembodiment. For instance, an arrow may indicate a waiting or monitoringperiod of unspecified duration between enumerated steps of the depictedembodiment. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagramsand/or flowchart diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the blockdiagrams and/or flowchart diagrams, can be implemented by specialpurpose hardware-based systems that perform the specified functions oracts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and program code.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a system for amultifunction giftbox book 100. In the depicted embodiment, themultifunction giftbox book 100 includes an outer box layer 102 and aninner box layer 104. The outer box layer 102 includes a plurality offlaps 106 and openings 108 in the outer box layer 102 which selectivelyreveal a plurality of depictions 112 on an outer surface of the innerbox layer 104. One or more of the outer box layer 102 and the inner boxlayer 104 include a lid 110.

In one embodiment, the outer box layer 102 and the inner box layer 104form a box 100 (e.g., a multifunction giftbox book 100, or the like).For example, the box 100, in the depicted embodiment, is substantiallycubical with six sides, including the lid 110. In other embodiments, theouter box layer 102 and the inner box layer 104 may form one or more ofa hinged box, a three-sided hinged box, a four-sided hinged box, a boxwith a hinged flap lip, a clamshell box, a book-style box, a rigidslipcase, a die cut self-locking box, an envelope base box, a five panelwrap box, a full overlap box, a packing carton box, a packing walletbox, a pizza-style box, a self-locking box, a self-locking tray box,and/or another type of box.

In one embodiment, the inner box layer 104 is sized to fit within theouter box layer 102 (e.g., is at least slightly smaller in dimensionsthan the outer box layer 102, or the like). The inner box layer 104 andthe outer box layer 102, in some embodiments, may be integrally formedas two or more layers of the same continuous material. In otherembodiments, the inner box layer 104 and the outer box layer 102 may bebonded and/or adhered (e.g., using a fastener, a glue or other adhesive,or the like). In a further embodiment, the inner box layer 104 may beremovable from the outer box layer 102, may have a friction fit withinthe outer box layer 102, or the like (e.g., without a separate fastener,glue or other adhesive, or the like). The inner box layer 104 and/or theouter box layer 102 may comprise and/or be formed of a durable material,such as paper, cardboard, plastic or another polymer, wood, glass,ceramic, metal, a composite material, a laminate material, fabric,rubber, leather, and/or another material.

In one embodiment, the inner box layer 104 comprises one or moredepictions 112 (e.g., images, pictures, photos, drawings, text, anelement of a story, or the like) on an outer surface of the inner boxlayer 104. One or more openings 108 (e.g., holes, windows, cavities, orthe like) in the outer box layer 102, in some embodiments, may havepositions in the outer box layer 102 corresponding to positions of theone or more depictions 112 on the outer surface of the inner box layer104 so that the one or more depictions 112 are at least selectivelyvisible through the one or more openings 108 (e.g., are selectivelyvisible through the one or more openings 108 based on a position of theone or more flaps 106, or the like). The one or more openings 108, inthe depicted embodiment, are perforated and/or cut out of the outer boxlayer 102, with at least a hinge of material from the outer box layer102 remaining to form a hinge for the one or more flaps 106, which areformed from the material perforated and/or cut out of the outer boxlayer 102.

In one embodiment, the one or more flaps 106 correspond to the one ormore openings 108 in the outer box layer 102 (e.g., open and/or closeover the one or more openings 108). The one or more flaps 106, in someembodiments, may be selectively movable away from the outer box layer102 so that the one or more depictions 112 are selectively visiblethrough the one or more openings 108 (e.g., the one or more flaps 106may be opened to reveal the one or more depictions 112 and/or closed tohide the one or more depictions 112). In other embodiments, the one ormore flaps 106 may slide open or shut/closed, along a plane parallel tothe inner box layer 104 and/or the outer box layer 102.

In certain embodiments, the one or more depictions 112 may eachdepicting elements of a same story, theme, or the like. In a furtherembodiment, a toy or other item may be disposed within the box 100formed by the outer box layer 102 and/or the inner box layer 104, andthe toy or other item may comprise an element from the same story as theone or more depictions 112. For example, in embodiments where the one ormore depictions 112 are of a car story, a toy car may be disposed withinthe box 100. In embodiments where the one or more depictions 112 are ofan animal, a stuffed animal or other toy animal may be disposed withinthe box 100.

In some embodiments, one or more pop-up elements extend between the oneor more flaps 106 and the one or more depictions 112, so that the one ormore pop-up elements are actuated by movement of the one or more flaps106 away from the one or more depictions 112. For example, the one ormore pop-up elements may lay flat while the one or more flaps 106 areclosed, and may “pop-up” or otherwise extend out from the one or moredepictions 112 while the one or more flaps 106 are open, or the like(e.g., to form a three-dimensional depiction 112, or the like).

In certain embodiments, the one or more depictions 112 may comprise asensory touch element with a different texture than another portion ofthe inner box layer 104. For example, a sensory touch element maycomprise a material with a texture associated with an element of a samestory, theme, or the like as the one or more depictions 112 (e.g.,representing fur, hair, or scales of an animal; a texture of a plant; atexture of a vehicle; or the like). A sensory touch element, in oneembodiment, may be coupled to a depiction 112 using a fastener, anadhesive, a glue, or the like.

In one embodiment, one or more audio elements are configured to audiblybroadcast a predefined sound in response to the one or more flaps 106being lifted away from the inner box layer 104. For example, anelectrical speaker, a piezo-electric element, or the like may play apre-recorded sound in response to a flap 106 being opened (e.g., inresponse to a spring-loaded pin being released by the flap 106, inresponse to electrical connections being connected and/or disconnectedby the flap 106, in response to an optical sensor detecting movement ofthe flap 106, or the like). The predefined sound, in some embodiments,may correspond to a same story element as a depiction 112 under the sameflap 106 that triggers the predefined sound (e.g., a sound made by adepicted animal or other character, a recording of depicted text, asound of a depicted vehicle or machine, or the like).

In some embodiments, one or more magnets and/or stickers may beconfigured to removably adhere to one or more flaps 106 and/or one ormore depictions 112. A magnet and/or a sticker, in one embodiment, maydepict a story element of a same story as an associated depiction 112. Auser of the box 100 may move the one or more magnets and/or stickersaround the one or more depictions 112 (e.g., acting out elements of thesame story using the one or more magnets and/or stickers, or the like).

In one embodiment, the lid 110 may comprise a portion of at least one ofthe outer box layer 102 and/or the inner box layer 104. The lid 110, insome embodiments, may be selectively closable to conceal contents of theinner box layer 104, selectively openable to access contents of theinner box layer 104, or the like. In a further embodiment, the lid 110may include a slot or other opening sized to receive cards in envelopessuch that a box 100 formed by the outer box layer 102 and/or the innerbox layer 104 stores the received cards in envelopes (e.g., birthdaycards, holiday cards, graduation cards, wedding cards, baby showercards, and/or cards for another occasion).

In some embodiments, the box 100 may include a handle. For example, thelid 110 may include a handle, another side of the box 100 may include ahandle, or the like. A handle, in certain embodiments, may facilitatecarrying of the box 100 and contents of the box 100.

In certain embodiments, including flaps 106 with depictions 112 on a box100 allows the box 100 to serve multiple functions and/or purposes. Forexample, the box 100 may be used as a gift box, jewelry box, timecapsule, memory box, photo box, card storage, or the like while alsotelling a story in an interactive manner using the flaps 106 and thedepictions 112, in a manner that may complement the function of the box100 (e.g., the depictions 112 may include story elements related to thegift; may include photos and/or text associated with the time capsule,memories, and/or photos within the box 100; may include messages,images, or the like related to the event for which the enclosed cardsare received; and/or the like). These multiple functions, in someembodiments, may allow the box 100 itself to be kept, reused, and/ortreasured over time, as it may continue to tell a story, and/or to beassociated with the contents of the box 100.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of a system for amultifunction giftbox book 200. The multifunction giftbox book 200, inthe depicted embodiment, is substantially similar to the multifunctiongiftbox book 100 of FIG. 1, but the outer box layer 102 comprises aplurality of discrete panels, coupled to the inner box layer 104 (e.g.,using a fastener, an adhesive such as a glue, lamination, or the like).In various embodiments, the outer box layer 102 may comprise one, two,three, four, five, or six discrete panels, which may be coupled orotherwise affixed to sides of a complete box formed by the inner boxlayer 104, such that the inner box layer 104 is within the discretepanels of the outer box layer 102, and flaps 106 of the discrete panelsof the outer box layer 102 may be lifted to reveal depictions 112 on theouter surface of the inner box layer 104.

The outer box layer 102, in some embodiments, may include differentnumbers and sizes of flaps 106 and openings 108. For example, in thedepicted embodiment, a first side of the multifunction giftbox book 200has four smaller flaps 106 and corresponding openings 108, a second sidehas a medium size flap 106 and corresponding opening 108, and a thirdside has a larger size flap 106 and corresponding opening 108. In otherembodiments, sides of a multifunction giftbox book 200 may have no flaps106 and/or openings 108, may have one flap 106/opening 108, two flaps106/openings 108, three flaps 106/openings 108, four flaps 106/openings108, or may have more than four flaps 106/openings 108. Sizes and shapesof flaps 106 and/or openings 108 may also vary. In some embodiments, ashape of a flap 106 and/or an opening 108 may represent and/orcorrespond to a story element related to a same story as one or moredepictions 112 (e.g., shaped like a character and/or object from thesame story, or the like).

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an outer box layer102. The outer box layer 102 of FIG. 3, in certain embodiments, may besubstantially similar to one or more of the outer box layers 102depicted in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 and described above. In the depictedembodiment, the lid 110 is an integral part of the outer box layer 102.The depicted openings 108 are through-holes, so that depictions 112 onan inner box layer 104, when installed, will be visible through theopenings 108.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of one embodiment of an inner box layer104. The inner box layer 104 of FIG. 4, in certain embodiments, may besubstantially similar to one or more of the inner box layers 104depicted in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 and described above. In the depictedembodiment, the lid 110 is an integral part of the inner box layer 104.In some embodiments, the lid 110 may comprise a multi-layered lid 110,with one or more layers from each of the outer box layer 102 and theinner box layer 104.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a certain embodiment of a system for amultifunction giftbox book 500. In the depicted embodiment, a story withstory elements in the depictions 112 involves a train engine. An outersurface of the outer box layer 102, in the depicted embodiment, alsoincludes one or more story elements 502, such as train tracks associatedwith the train engine in the one or more depictions 112 revealed bylifting the one or more flaps 106. In some embodiments, a flap 106 mayalso include one or more depictions 112 (e.g., with one or more storyelements 502 associated with and/or related to corresponding depictions112 beneath the flap 106, or the like).

FIG. 6 is a top view of one embodiment of an unfolded outer box layer102. In the depicted embodiment, the outer box layer 102 includes one ormore tabs 602 along certain perimeter edges of the outer box layer 102,to facilitate manufacturing and/or forming the unfolded outer box layer102 into a box shape. For example, a fastener, an adhesive such as aglue, or the like may be used to couple and/or otherwise secure the tabs602 to corresponding adjacent side walls of the outer box layer 102, inresponse to the outer box layer 102 being folded along the depictedjoints 604, which may form edges of the formed box 100. In someembodiments, for square and/or rectangular flaps 106, all but one (e.g.,three of four) sides of the flap 106 may be cut, stamped, and/orpunctured to form the flaps 106, with the remaining side acting as ajoint, hinge, crease, fold, or the like so that the flaps 106 may belifted away from the rest of the outer box layer 102 to reveal theopenings 108 and the underlying depictions 112.

FIG. 7 is a top view of one embodiment of an unfolded inner box layer104. In certain embodiments, the inner box layer 104 may be sized to fitwithin an outer box layer 102. In the depicted embodiment, the inner boxlayer 104 includes tabs 602 and joints 604 corresponding to similar tabs602 and joints 604 on an associated outer box layer 102. The tabs 602 ofthe inner box layer 104 may be affixed and/or coupled to correspondingtabs 602 on the associated outer box layer 102, and/or to correspondingadjacent side walls of the inner box layer 104, or the like.

While FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 depict an outer box layer 102 and an inner boxlayer 104 that are independent, complete boxes, usable together to forma multifunction giftbox book 100, in other embodiments, one of the outerbox layer 102 and the inner box layer 104 may be a partial box. In someembodiments, one of the inner box layer 104 and the outer box layer 102may comprise one or more discrete panels, which may be coupled to theother of the inner box layer 104 and the outer box layer 102 (e.g.,using a fastener, an adhesive such as a glue, lamination, or the like).

For example, an inner box layer 104 may be substantially as depicted inFIG. 7, forming a complete box, and an outer box layer 102 may compriseone, two, three, four, five, or six discrete panels, which may becoupled or otherwise affixed to sides of the complete box formed by theinner box layer 104, such that the inner box layer 104 is within thediscrete panels of the outer box layer 102, and flaps 106 of thediscrete panels of the outer box layer 102 may be lifted to revealdepictions 112 on the outer surface of the inner box layer 104. In otherembodiments, the reverse configuration may be used, and an outer boxlayer 102 may be substantially as depicted in FIG. 6, forming a completebox, and an inner box layer 104 may comprise one, two, three, four,five, or six discrete panels, which may be coupled or otherwise affixedto the sides of the complete box formed by the outer box layer 102(e.g., within the complete box), or the like. The embodiments depictedin FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are for example purposes only, and represent twoexample configurations of an outer box layer 102 and an inner box layer104, but many other configurations may be used and are contemplated bythis disclosure, including discrete panels or partial boxes as describedabove, as well as different shapes and types of boxes.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart diagram of one embodiment of a method800 for forming a multifunction giftbox book. The method 800 begins andan assembler forms 802 an outer box layer 102 (e.g., cuts, stamps,molds, deposits, prints, and/or otherwise forms). An assembler forms 804(e.g., cuts, stamps, molds, deposits, prints, and/or otherwise forms) aninner box layer 104 sized to fit within the outer box layer 102, withone or more depictions 112 on an outer surface of the formed 804 innerbox layer 104 (e.g., printed, drawn, painted, written, stamped, etched,colored, or the like).

An assembler forms 806 (e.g., cuts, stamps, perforates, etches, or thelike) one or more openings 108 in the formed 802 outer box layer 102such that the one or more openings 108 have positions in the outer boxlayer 102 corresponding to positions of the one or more depictions 112on the outer surface of the inner box layer 104 and the method 800 ends.

In some embodiments, the method 800 further includes an assemblersecuring (e.g., coupling, adhering, fastening, or the like) the formed804 inner box layer 104 within the formed 802 outer box layer 102 withthe one or more formed 806 openings positioned at the positions of theone or more depictions 112 on the outer surface of the inner box layer104. An assembler, as used herein, may include a mechanical and/orrobotic assembly device, other machinery, a user thereof, or the like.

A means for disposing an inner box layer 104 within an outer box layer102, in various embodiments, may include one or more of a mechanicaldevice, a robotic device, machinery, a fastener, an adhesive, a glue, atab 602, or the like. In other embodiments, substantially similar orequivalent means may be used for disposing an inner box layer 104 withinan outer box layer 102.

A means for selectively revealing one or more depictions 112 on an outersurface of an inner box layer 104 through one or more openings 108 in anouter box layer 102, may include one or more of a flap 106, an opening108, a window, a sliding cover, blinds, a curtain, or the like. In otherembodiments, substantially similar or equivalent means may be used forselectively revealing one or more depictions 112.

A means for actuating one or more pop-up elements extending between oneor more flaps 106 and one or more depictions 112 by movement of the oneor more flaps 106 away from the one or more depictions 112, in variousembodiments, may include one or more of a flap 106; a fold, crease,seam, and/or hinge of a flap 106; a pop-up element; a mechanicalactuator; an electric actuator; a pull string; or the like. In otherembodiments, substantially similar or equivalent means may be used foractuating one or more pop-up elements.

A means for a sensory touch element with a different texture thananother portion of an inner box layer 104, in various elements, mayinclude one or more of fur, hair, rubber, fabric, plastic, wood, glass,metal, ceramic, sandpaper, or the like. In other embodiments,substantially similar or equivalent means may be used for a sensorytouch element.

A means for audibly broadcasting a predefined sound in response to oneor more flaps 106 being lifted away from an inner box layer 104, invarious embodiments, may include one or more of a spring loaded pin, oneor more electrical contacts, an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, anelectrical speaker, one or more batteries, a piezo-electric speaker, adigital or analog electronic computer readable storage medium storingaudio data, or the like. In other embodiments, substantially similar orequivalent means may be used for audibly broadcasting a predefined soundin response to one or more flaps 106 being lifted away from an inner boxlayer 104.

A means for selectively concealing contents of an inner box layer 104,in various embodiments, may include one or more of a lid 110, a cover, awrap, a sheet, an enclosure, or the like. In other embodiments,substantially similar or equivalent means may be used for selectivelyconcealing contents of an inner box layer 104.

A means for receiving cards in envelopes through a means for selectivelyconcealing contents of an inner box layer 104, in various embodiments,may include one or more of a slot, a hole, an opening, a drawer, a sack,a cavity, or the like (e.g., in a lid 110 or the like). In otherembodiments, substantially similar or equivalent means may be used forreceiving cards in envelopes through a means for selectively concealingcontents of an inner box layer 104.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms withoutdeparting from its spirit or essential characteristics. The describedembodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrativeand not restrictive. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicatedby the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. Allchanges which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of theclaims are to be embraced within their scope.

What is claimed is:
 1. An apparatus comprising: an outer box layer; aninner box layer sized to fit within the outer box layer, the inner boxlayer comprising one or more depictions on an outer surface of the innerbox layer; and one or more openings in the outer box layer, the one ormore openings having positions in the outer box layer corresponding topositions of the one or more depictions on the outer surface of theinner box layer such that the one or more depictions are at leastselectively visible through the one or more openings.
 2. The apparatusof claim 1, further comprising one or more flaps corresponding to theone or more openings in the outer box layer, the one or more flapsselectively movable away from the outer box layer such that the one ormore depictions are selectively visible through the one or moreopenings.
 3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising one or morepop-up elements extending between the one or more flaps and the one ormore depictions, the one or more pop-up elements actuated by movement ofthe one or more flaps away from the one or more depictions.
 4. Theapparatus of claim 2, wherein the one or more depictions comprise asensory touch element with a different texture than another portion ofthe inner box layer.
 5. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising oneor more audio elements configured to audibly broadcast a predefinedsound in response to the one or more flaps being lifted away from theinner box layer.
 6. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising one ormore of magnets and stickers configured to removably adhere to one ormore of the one or more flaps and the one or more depictions.
 7. Theapparatus of claim 1, further comprising a lid for at least one of theouter box layer and the inner box layer, the lid selectively closable toconceal contents of the inner box layer.
 8. The apparatus of claim 7,further comprising an opening in the lid sized to receive cards inenvelopes such that a box formed by the outer box layer and the innerbox layer stores the received cards in envelopes.
 9. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein the outer box layer and the inner box layer form one ormore of a hinged box, a three-sided hinged box, a four-sided hinged box,a box with a hinged flap lip, a clamshell box, a book-style box, a rigidslipcase, a die cut self-locking box, an envelope base box, a five panelwrap box, a full overlap box, a packing carton box, a packing walletbox, a pizza-style box, a self-locking box, and a self-locking tray box.10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more depictionscomprise a plurality of depictions each depicting elements of a samestory.
 11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a toy disposedwithin a box formed by the outer box layer and the inner box layer, thetoy comprising an element from the same story.
 12. The apparatus ofclaim 1, wherein one of the inner box layer and the outer box layercomprises one or more discrete panels coupled to the other of the innerbox layer and the outer box layer.
 13. An apparatus comprising: meansfor disposing an inner box layer within an outer box layer; and meansfor selectively revealing one or more depictions on an outer surface ofthe inner box layer through one or more openings in an outer box layer,the one or more openings having positions in the outer box layercorresponding to positions of the one or more depictions on the outersurface of the inner box layer.
 14. The apparatus of claim 13, whereinthe means for selectively revealing the one or more depictions comprisesone or more flaps corresponding to the one or more openings in the outerbox layer, the one or more flaps selectively movable away from the outerlayer such that the one or more depictions are selectively visiblethrough the one or more openings.
 15. The apparatus of claim 14, furthercomprising means for actuating one or more pop-up elements extendingbetween the one or more flaps and the one or more depictions by movementof the one or more flaps away from the one or more depictions.
 16. Theapparatus of claim 14, further comprising means for a sensory touchelement with a different texture than another portion of the inner boxlayer.
 17. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising means foraudibly broadcasting a predefined sound in response to the one or moreflaps being lifted away from the inner box layer.
 18. The apparatus ofclaim 13, further comprising means for selectively concealing contentsof the inner box layer and means for receiving cards in envelopesthrough the means for selectively concealing contents of the inner boxlayer such that a box is formed by the outer box layer and the inner boxlayer stores the received cards in envelopes.
 19. A method comprising:forming an outer box layer; forming an inner box layer sized to fitwithin the outer box layer, the inner box layer comprising one or moredepictions on an outer surface of the inner box layer; and forming oneor more openings in the outer box layer, the one or more openings havingpositions in the outer box layer corresponding to positions of the oneor more depictions on the outer surface of the inner box layer such thatthe one or more depictions are at least selectively visible through theone or more openings.
 20. The method of claim 19, further comprisingsecuring the inner box layer within the outer box layer with the one ormore openings positioned at the positions of the one or more depictionson the outer surface of the inner box layer.